Marion Tapp House

Just before Lee highway is a house built by Marion Tapp at the turn of the last century, and moved when Lee Highway was widened. Marion Tapp was married to Nettie Leach. Mr. Tapp ran a combination store, service station, blacksmith shop and undertaking establishment at the corner of Hinsons Ford Road and Lee Highway. The shelves in the store were salvaged from Hinson's Mill. The store was demolished when Lee Highway was widened. Mrs. Riley has Mr. Tapp's daybook from Tapp's store (begun on October 23, 1922), and his record keeping book from blacksmithing.

In the early days, upon the death of a person, you didn't send for the undertaker to come for the body. Instead, neighbors were called in to wash and dress the body. Most homes kept a wide board for the laying-out. The body was placed on the board and put in the parlor until the undertaker brought the homemade coffin, typically made of black walnut.

Mrs. Riley remembers a time when her husband, Sam, made a coffin for Mr. Tapp. When Sam brought it to his house, Mr. Tapp asked if Sam and a black man would help move a large dad man into the coffin. While they were lifting him, the dead man's stomach growled, and the black man ran out.

The Tapp barn still stands near the intersection of Lee Highway and Hinsons Ford Road.

The house is currently owned by Bill McGhee.